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Chapter Five

When Marik got to work the next day, he asked Bakura "Would you be my best man at our wedding?"

Bakura looked at the one and only real friend he ever had and he said "It would be an honor and I have to tell you that you're not only getting the most beautiful woman to be your wife you're also going to be a father soon and I really envious of that and hey, maybe there's hope for me yet."

When she got to her brother's place, Serenity asked Mai "Would you be my maid of honor?" Mai started crying and she said "Hon you know that I will but I have to ask a favor, you would ask Melissa another maid of honor. She's really one of my best friends and I know when you get to know her she'll be one of yours."

Rene then hugged her and she said "I'll call her right now and ask her." Mai dialed the phone and handed it to Rene and when Melissa answered Serenity said "I was wondering if you'd please be my maid of honor along with Mai?"

Melissa nearly jumped off the couch when Rene asked her and she said "You know I will and thanks for asking, oh by the way I will need you to come by tomorrow and let me see if the gown I'm making you is going to fit."

Rene smiled as she said "I'll be there tomorrow, oh Mai and Jacob will be with me too." Melissa told her "I'll see all of you tomorrow then."

Rene was nearly five months along and while she and Mai were eating lunch she stopped and Mai asked her "Hon what's wrong?"

Rene just sat there for a moment and then she said "I feel like something is fluttering inside my stomach."

Mai smiled at her and she said "That's your baby; you're feeling its first movements."

Rene then said "I have to see Doctor Peters in three days and Marik's coming with me. The Doctor told us that maybe we could hear the baby's heartbeat then."

Mai touched her hand and said "The first time Joey and I heard Jacob's heartbeat well we both just lost it we were so happy. I know that you and Marik are going to feel the same way."

That evening while Marik and Rene were laying in bed she felt that same feeling and she whispered to Marik "Today Mai said the fluttering that I've been having inside my stomach is the baby's first movements and I can hardly wait for our appointment to see if we can hear our baby's heartbeat."

Marik kissed her and as they lay there just holding each other she reached up and wiped the tears from his face and she softly said "I love you so very much and thanks for coming into my life and giving me all your love and for making me pregnant with our first baby."

The next day Rene, Mai and Jacob all went to Kaiba's home to see Melissa and for Rene to try on the gown that Melissa is making for her. When Rene saw Melissa she smiled at her and asked "When is your baby due?"

Melissa put her hand on her tummy and said "I'm due next month and I don't know who's more nervous Seto or Mokie." Mai and Rene laughed and then Mai said "Remember when I called Joey and told him my water broke, well he nearly killed himself to get home and then he took off without me and you and Seto had to come and take me to the hospital." Both Melissa and Rene laughed so hard that they both had to run and go to the bathroom or wet their pants."

When they got back, Melissa said "Here is the gown, now it's not completely done but I need you to try it on and after I take some measurements then I can complete it." Rene tried it on and tears of happiness ran down her face as she looked at herself in the mirror and she whispered "This is almost like the gown my mother wore on her wedding day, thank you for making it for me." Rene went over and gave Melissa a hug and kiss.

Just then Seto came into the room and he smiled at his wife as he walked over and said "Don't over tax yourself please. He then smiled at Mai and then he looked at Serenity and he said "I here congratulations are in order because of your coming marriage to Marik."

Serenity said "Thank you and congratulation on becoming a father."

Seto smiled down at his wife and he kissed her cheek as he said "It was a miracle the day that this lovely lady walked into my life and turned my life upside down all for the best." Melissa hugged him and kissed his cheek and said "Please leave us alone, we have women things to talk about." Seto laughed as he left the room and Mai said "I've never seen him so relaxed and it's all because of you."

Melissa turned red and she thanked her for saying that and then she told Rene "I will have the gown done in two days and then I will need you to come for one more fitting and then well everything will be ready for your wedding day."

When they got back to Mai's Rene told her "Marik and I have written what we'd like our invitations to say" she then showed Mai who had tears in her eyes and she read it and then she said "Tomorrow we will take this to the printers and have two dozen copies made up and then you can address them and send them out in time to invite who the two of you want to be there on your big day."

That evening after dinner, Rene sat on the couch while Marik did dishes and when he was done and came into the living room he found her asleep and he gently picked her up and carried her to their bedroom and changed her clothes and put her favorite nightgown on her and as he tucked her in he turned off the lights and took her into his arms and they fell asleep together.

Two days later they were sitting in the doctor's office waiting to for Rene to have her next check-up, when the Nurse called her name and they walked into the back and she showed them to a room and said "The doctor will be right in."

The door opened and Dr. Peters walked in and he said "Well how about if we try to hear your baby's heart beat. He then told Rene to lay back and lift her top and when she exposed her belly he put some liquid on her belly and using the Doppler he spread it around on her belly and then all of a sudden both Marik and Rene heard something and the doctor said that's your baby's heart beat."

Marik looked at Rene with tears in his eyes and he said "Rene, that's our baby's heart can you hear that?" She smiled up at him and as tears ran down her face she said "Yes, yes I can hear our baby."

Dr. Peters then told them "In one more month and then we'll probably be able to get a picture of your baby on the Ultra-sound machine and if we're really lucky we might even be able to see what sex your baby is. Then he told Rene you can get cleaned up and then on your way out you can make another appointment."

Marik handed her a towel to wipe off her belly and then she sat up and pulled down her top and they left and on the way out she set another appointment for next month. On the way home she asked if they could go get some ice cream and he smiled and said "I think that ice cream is what we both need to celebrate hearing our baby's heart beat." She hugged him as he opened the car door and then he drove to the Ice Cream Shop.

That evening Rene called Mai and she told her about them hearing their baby's heart beat and as they talked Mai told her "Listen most everything is ready for your Wedding Day, we even have Yugi, Ryou and Malik agreeing to decorate the railing on the foot bridge and Seto has agreed to have the tent ready for you and Marik to be married under, oh yes, he also has agreed to have the basketball court decorated and have lights adorn the baskets to light the area for dancing."

Rene was so excited that she nearly fell off the chair and then she thanked Mai and as she hung up the phone she sat there and tears filled her eyes as she wished that her mom and dad could be there watching her marry the man she loved with all her heart and the father of her baby.

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Chapter Six Coming Up...The Wedding of Marik Ishtar to Serenity Beth Wheeler...